It’s been a little dead ’round these parts lately, so I think it’s the perfect opportunity to run a giveaway I planned earlier this year. I’m getting the hang of cold process soap making & I eventually want to go to market with these soap bars I’m making, so what better way to debut them than to send it to a random stranger who won them by luck? I’ll also toss in a free domain & a year’s hosting to make the package all that much sweeter. To add a cherry on top of that, I’ll even toss a few of my favorite sweet treats from Trader Joe’s & a room spray with your choice scent if you’ve had more interaction with me than just entering the contest!

While giveaways are great to promote your website, I also want to reward my readers. So, come for the giveaway, stay for the recipes. This giveaway is open worldwide & anyone can participate. I would much rather have someone who always leaves me comments win over a random person who has never talked to me & will probably never talk to me afterward, win. But it doesn’t always work that way, so take a chance. If you’re already following me on social media, you can still get those points because you’re already awesome. After the jump, check out what else you might win!

The Prize

100% Handmade Cold Process Soap

I know these shots are identical, but shut up because they took a lot of tears to make okay?

I saw your Instagram post and got all excited! There is a company in Australia that makes their own crazy scented soaps, and they look like slices of cake too. And smell SO good.

I think that one reason I don’t like soap (I use gel/wash instead) is because it dries out skin sometimes. I am sure you know the ins and outs of soaps and how to make them so that they aren’t dehydrating, though.

Yeah absolutely! I’m sure you have tons of vendors for handmade soap. I honestly don’t know how my love for making soap happened. It just kind of did one night when I looked up how to make soap with tea & then I went from melt & pour soap to full blown cold process “mess with lye Fight Club style” soap. Like you, I’ve never been a huge fan of bar soap because they tend to be really drying, but the cheap bar soaps are like that for a reason. All the soap bars I’ve made so far have been so hydrating, it’s so surprising & refreshing! My skin feels so nourished. 😀 Besides my lips….I can also make lip balm, but I don’t want to start that up haha.

I’ll send you some soap bars & you can give me your constructive criticism so I can work on them to your liking, then you can order soap from me!! 🙂

I’m a strangely simple kind of person — I like the smell of clean linen and soft ‘soapy’ smells, nothing too overpowering as I’m extremely sensitive to strong perfumes and such (I get headaches.)

My friend once tried to convince me to use shampoo bars and bar soaps more than the body washes and stuff I had been using, but I ended up having to stay with what I had because it’s nigh-on impossible for me to afford them usually. I just recently started following you on bloglovin’ but now I’m hooked. <3

I don’t think your preferences are strange at all! What person doesn’t like the smell of clean linen? I get a headache when I walk into Bath & Body Works. All of their fragrances are synthetic & they’re so overpowering. Subtle is not in their dictionary.

I’ve seen really expensive soap out there, so I know how you feel. It shouldn’t cost a fortune to get clean, but unfortunately, bar soaps are expensive (at least handmade ones) because they take a lot to make & the ingredients are expensive. It’s better for your skin overall, but I do agree that it’s quite expensive. I’ve never really cared too much for handmade soap before, but then I started randomly one night….& now it’s my new favorite hobby. I think they serve as nice TREAT YOSELF moments, but just like you, I don’t think that bar soaps or shampoo bars (haven’t made one yet, but will venture into that eventually) are something you should go for 100%. I haven’t dabbled in liquid soaps yet, but I will because people love body gel, so why not, right?

Thanks for following me on bloglovin! I’ll be sure to check out your blog & follow you back. 🙂

That’s the big thing, I think, that sometimes scents can be so overpowering that they’ll make you woozy, especially if you’re sensitive to that sort of thing.

I really want to try the bar soaps at some point, and hopefully will be able to sometime soon! I had a friend tell me they’ll do amazing things for my skin, which would also be nice since I wash my hands so much sometimes they get really dry.

And thank you so much for checking out my blog — I’m currently trying to move over to a new one (linked here now, I’m stupid) and hopefully it’ll be less of a mess than the other one! <3

Wow, what a great giveaway.. does this mean we will begin to see stylised soap photos from you… I’d love to see a combined food/soap combo 😀 I once bought a chocolate scented goats milk soap that looked like cheesecake. It was delicious enough to eat.
Did you make the bathbombs yourself as well? I’m always keeping an eye out for the perfect one. I have a spa bath I’ve never used and it’s just biding its time 🙂

I love the look of your soaps and the idea of this giveaway! I normally get fruity scents, but green tea and chamomile sound really nice too. I like that you have bonuses for people who actually interact with you instead of coming only for the giveaway 🙂 This is also a really cool giveaway app. I haven’t seen it before, but it seems better than the usual rafflecopter that everyone uses. Good luck with the giveaway!

This is an amazing giveaway! Here in Brazil we don’t have that kind of product, so i’m really excited to try them.
My fave scent is vanilla <3
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